The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Coffee County, was erected in 1919 to recognize the cotton-devouring beetle's role in the diversification of agriculture in the region. It is the only memorial known to honor a pest.
Boll Weevil Monument
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Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Luther Hamilton Photograph Collection
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